Double Feature

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Showtimes:

• Sunday June 15th at 4pm

Running time: 1h 45m

Rated R

Plot: After his childhood buddy is murdered while visiting Detroit, rebellious cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) follows the leads to Beverly Hills, Calif., under the auspices of a vacation. He checks in with old friend Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher) and starts to believe her boss, art dealer Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff), might somehow be involved in the murder. However, Lt. Bogomil (Ronny Cox) of the Beverly Hills Police Department does not trust Foley, and hinders his search for evidence.

RoboCop (1987)

Showtimes:

• Sunday June 15th at 7pm

Running time: 1h 43m

Rated R

Plot: In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

25th Anniversary

Showtimes:

• Thursday June 19th at 7pm

Running time: 1hr 49m

Rated PG-13 for sexual references and a scene of violence

Plot: When a terrorist threatens to bomb the Miss United States pageant, the FBI rushes to find a female agent to go under cover as a contestant. Unfortunately, Gracie is the only female FBI agent who can "look the part" despite her complete lack of refinement and femininity. She prides herself in being "just one of the boys" and is horrified at the idea of becoming a girly girl.

Return Of The Living Dead 40th Anniversary Event Featuring Linnea Quigley

Grand Finals Entertainment and The Historic Howell Theater have teamed up to bring you an unforgettable day of horror in late June!

The theater will be welcoming Linnea Quigley who stars in the film ‘Return Of The Living Dead’ (1985).

+ DOORS AT 3:30PM
+ SIGNING WITH LINNEA GUIGLEY AT 4:30PM
+ Q&A AT 6PM
+ RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1hr 35m, 1985) AT 7PM

TICKET & CELEBRITY INFORMATION:

ADVANCED TICKETS: $25 until Saturday June 28th.

DAY OF TICKETS: $30 can be purchased online or at the door.

Ticket purchase includes admission to the Q&A and screening of ‘Return Of The Living Dead’ (1985). NOTE: Admission to the event does not include price of autograph or photos!

Celebrity Pricing: $60 Autograph / $20 Picture / $80 Autograph & Photo Combo - CASH ONLY

Showtimes:

• Sunday June 29th at 3:30pm

Running time: 2hr 39m

Rated G

Plot: Several different motorists witness a single car crash in the California desert and, after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, turn against each other in a mad dash across the state to get to it.

TIM BURTON RETROSPECTIVE

Showtimes:

• Monday July 7th at 7pm

Running time: 1hr 48m

Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar

Plot: A young girl when she first visited magical Underland, Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) is now a teenager with no memory of the place -- except in her dreams. Her life takes a turn for the unexpected when, at a garden party for her fiance and herself, she spots a certain white rabbit and tumbles down a hole after him. Reunited with her friends the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), the Cheshire Cat and others, Alice learns it is her destiny to end the Red Queen's (Helena Bonham Carter) reign of terror.

GODZILLA (1954)

Showtimes:

• Friday July 25th 4pm • 7pm

• Thursday July 31st 4pm • 7pm

Running time: 1hr 36m

Rated NOT RATED

Plot: _Godzilla_ (a.k.a. Gojira) is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It’s also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning almost thirty sequels.

Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

Showtimes:

• Saturday July 26th 4pm • 7pm

• Wednesday July 30th 4pm • 7pm

Running time: 1hr 22m

Rated NOT RATED

Plot: Toho Studios followed the enormous success of the original Godzilla with this sequel, efficiently directed by Motoyoshi Oda as a straight-ahead monsters-on-the-loose drama. An underrated standout among the Showa Godzilla films, Godzilla Raids Again introduces the monster-versus-monster format that would dominate the remainder of the series, pitting Godzilla against the ferocious, spiny Anguirus as the kaiju wreak havoc in the streets of Osaka in a series of elaborate set pieces that succeed in upping the ante for destruction.

Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Showtimes:

• Sunday July 27th at 4pm

• Tuesday July 29th at 7pm

Running time: 1hr 29m

Rated NOT RATED

Plot: An alien invasion prompts a tag-team battle between Godzilla and Anguirus, the planet protectors, and King Ghidorah and the new monster Gigan, a cyborg with scythe-like claws, an abdominal buzz saw, winglike back fins, and pincerlike mandibles. In this action-packed film, which veers from the sublime to the ridiculous, the cockroachlike aliens—disguised as humans—use Gigan and King Ghidorah as weapons of conquest in their plot to take over a contaminated Earth.

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

Showtimes:

• Sunday July 27th at 7pm

• Tuesday July 29th at 4pm

Running time: 1hr 24m

Rated NOT RATED

Plot: Godzilla’s evil twin Mechagodzilla first reared its head in this Jun Fukuda–directed film. A robot designed by aliens to conquer Earth, the enduringly popular villain has since been resurrected by Toho Studios several times. With the help of earnest direction, spectacular pyrotechnics, and guest appearances by veteran genre actors, this film recaptures the feel of the sixties Godzilla movies.

TIM BURTON RETROSPECTIVE

Showtimes:

• Monday August 4th at 7pm

Running time: 2hr 7m

Rated R for some strong language

Plot: Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director Ed Wood (Johnny Depp) is a Hollywood outcast. Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous Bela Lugosi and a devoted cast and crew of show-business misfits who believe in Ed's off-kilter vision, the filmmaker is able to bring his oversize dreams to cinematic life. Despite a lack of critical or commercial success, Ed and his friends manage to create an oddly endearing series of extremely low-budget films.

TIM BURTON RETROSPECTIVE

Showtimes:

• Monday September 8th at 7pm

Running time: 1hr 27m

Rated PG for thematic elements, scary images and action

Plot: Young Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) is a science nerd and outsider at school, but he does have one good friend: his dog, Sparky. But then, tragedy strikes, and Sparky shuffles off this mortal coil. Victor is heartbroken, but his science teacher (Martin Landau) gives him an idea of how to jolt old Sparky back to life. The experiment is successful, and all goes well, until Victor's fellow students steal his secret and use it to resurrect other dead animals -- with monstrous consequences.

TIM BURTON RETROSPECTIVE

Showtimes:

• Monday October 6th at 7pm

Running time: 1hr 50m

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi fantasy violence and brief sexuality

Plot: A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler (Pierce Brosnan) that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

TIM BURTON RETROSPECTIVE

Showtimes:

• Monday November 3rd at 7pm

Running time: 2hr 6m

Rated PG-13 for brooding, dark violence

Plot: The monstrous Penguin (Danny DeVito), who lives in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with wicked shock-headed businessman Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) to topple the Batman (Michael Keaton) once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant, Selina Kyle (Michelle Pfeiffer), finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she is transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.

TIM BURTON RETROSPECTIVE

Showtimes:

• Monday December 8th at 7pm

Running time: 1hr 45m

Rated PG

Plot: A scientist (Vincent Price) builds an animated human being -- the gentle Edward (Johnny Depp). The scientist dies before he can finish assembling Edward, though, leaving the young man with a freakish appearance accentuated by the scissor blades he has instead of hands. Loving suburban saleswoman Peg (Dianne Wiest) discovers Edward and takes him home, where he falls for Peg's teen daughter (Winona Ryder). However, despite his kindness and artistic talent, Edward's hands make him an outcast.